Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-08-11

SAINT htSaipNk Nk NVAtFAS.
The tTanseontinental railroad conn
panies give it out that sixty thousand
persons are booked for California
during the coming fall aud winter.
\ pleasant device for characterization
at n frene!, garden party was Il foam
tain. at the base of which were blocks
of ice mingled with ferns and flowers.
A petrified pine knot was a curiosity
lately found in Georgia. II was about
one foot in length and had the shape
and appearance of an ordinary fat
knot.
\ S3o,o0 granite monument recent
" erected in Calvary cemetery, New
York city. by q blind mar bears the
inscriptions: ITO outlast the British
monarch
Lumber is in great demand in San
Francisco, the supply not being equal to
the wants of all buyers. All coast
mills are running and new one are
being built.
The geographical center of Proyi-
dence, r.. l.. is occupied by a marsh
worth about 81 1000, 600. 1t is a great
producer of noxious odors, mosquitoes,
and malaria.
A well-known professor gave notice
that he could not meet his CLASSES"
A wag deleted the Sc and made it
classes The professor again deleted
the ~" and finished by having the
best of it.
Zachary Taylor's daughter, the
widow of Col. Bliss, is still living in
Winchester, Va, in good health and
well-preseryed beauty. Her second
husband, Phil cambridge, died several
years ago.
Miss Daisy Garland, daughter of the
Acknowledgement, will be one of the
| debutantes in Washington next winter.
| She is a handsome brunette, with bril-
liant eyes, black hair, olive complex
ion, and a languid manner
President Timothy Dwight, of Yale,
mas in many ways an exaggerated re-
semblance to President James McCosh,
of Princeton. Both are gray, bald,
tall, and have the same scholarly
stoop, sharp features. and gray side
whiskers.
The Princess Metternich is tall, thin
as Sarah Bernhardt. and painted like
a sign-pOst. She has her preferences;
will not let anybody bore her, and
sometimes snubs Ambassadors at a
reception to chat pleasantly with a
popular tenor.
Senator Hearst says of San Fran
cisco: AFTER travelling all over the
United States and going into nearly
every important city, l give you my
word that no city a quarter the size OF
this Except perhaps New Orleans) is
so far behind in the way of improve
ments."
Felix Pyat is a candidate for the
vacant seat in the French senate for
the department of the Cher. II shall
enter the senate" he writes, ''as a cart
ridge of dynamite to blow up if l can
that obstruction to the republic, and
reduce the Luxembourg to the level of
the Tuileries."
Mime. Barrios, widow of the late
President of Guatemala, is a genuine
type of Southern beauty yet youthful
and charming. and when gorgeously
arrayed for a swell reception strug-
giles under the weight of diamonds
worth $4,000, 900. OF course she does
not lack a0orerS.
The son of Joshua r. Giddings, the
old Ohio abolitionist, lives at Jefferson,
the county seat of Ashtabula county.
Hypractices law and runs a farm, but
he takes very little interest in politics.
The son of Ben Wade lives in the same
town. He gives himself up to horses,
and lets politics alone.
The troops who followed the raidine
Apaches through the mountains o.
southern Arizona, recently, say that in
crossing the San Pedro valley the hos
tiles Travelled nearly fifteen miles or
tip-toe to hide the trail. but the Indian
who accompanied the soldiers held the
track just the same.
Deafness is often caused by SUR
bathing. A breaking wave is very
likely to drive water forcibly into the
ear and injure it, and there is generally
sand in the water. By filling the ears
with pellets of wool, however, harm
may be avoided. Cotton will not do,
because it becomes sodden.
A clergyman at Camden, N. j., tells
a good story. A few days ago a styl.
ish couple called at his house and were
married by him. On retiring the
groom handed the minister a large
official envelope. marked "a present,
with thanks" Upon opening the same
the munificent sum of 10 cents was
found inclosed.
The Countess Tolstoi, the widow OF
the poet. lives in Rome. She was a
great friend of the late Able List, and
often speaks of the Maestro's simplicity
and kind heart. He frequently played
dance-music to amuse her children,
she says-something pianists without a
tenth Of his talent, would have felt
themselves disgraced by doing.
Count Herbert Bismark has much
more the appearance and habits Of a
soldier and student than of a diplomat.
At Gastein last year he organized a
regular bier-kheipe among his fathers
numerous secretaries and confidential
clerks. Their social distinctions Sere
flung aside while men of all ranks
united in libations to the jolly god.
American invention is now engaged
out in the wild west in tackling a long
felt want. Says the Heppner (Oregon)
Gazette: s.At Walia Walla II. s. Blant-
ford's experimental garden is crossing
strawberry plants, sugar-cane. and
miikweed to produce a new species of
vine which win grow sugar and cream
in connection with strawberries"
LET me ask a question, a plain, SIM
pile question" said a slim young man.
He was given permission. "Why does
q reporter always mention the caliber
of a pistol whenever he has occasion
TO allnde to onea Why is it necessary
TO state that a woman was shot with a
| 3S-cafibre ColtP / know it is always
done. but I'm dying to know why it is
done" At last accounts the slim
young was still dying.
The 0uray (Col. } Muldoon calls upon
s'the refined and wealthy of the
Bverheated east" to come out to Ouray.
eWe have" il says. walks where low
ers can kiss without detection and en-
brace without discovery, We have
densely-shadcd grottos. where the over
hanging boughs shield the susceptible
and unsuspecting, and a constituency
! the male portion Of which is accom-
modating beyond belief. Come early
!, and avoid the rush.